Canadian Guidance Services
Canadian Guidance Services publishes a 250-page book of scholarships and awards available to Canadian high school students who will be entering a Canadian university. The book is revised every two years and is now in its 7th edition. The cost of the book is $19.95 plus $5 shipping and handling and $1.75 GST (total $26.70). For more information or to order a copy, call 1-905-332-0083, write to Canadian Guidance Services, 2042 Coral Cres., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7P 3K5, or send email to canguide@wchat.on.ca.

College Board Online (CBO)
The College Board Online page provides a wealth of information about financial aid in addition to educational testing. You can buy books and videos online through the College Board Store. Books include College Costs and Financial Aid Handbook ($16), Paying for College ($14), and The College Guide for Parents ($14). The videos include Financing a Future ($40). College Board Online includes a searchable index of the contents. For more information, send email to webmaster-cbo@ets.org. To order College Board publications, call 1-800-323-7155 or write to College Board Publications, Box 886, New York, NY 10101-0886. For more information, call 1-212-713-8165 or fax 1-212-713-8143.

The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit organization that maintains a comprehensive and up-to-date database on foundations and corporate giving programs. Their Foundation Grants to Individuals directory is an excellent source of information about graduate fellowship programs. Some information is also accessible by gopher. For the Foundation Center library nearest you, call 1-800-424-9836 or contact Melanie J. Blask, MBlask@fdncenter.org .

Gale Research
Gale Research publishes a variety of directories, including Jaszczak, Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans 1996, Volume 11, 1995. ISBN 0-8103-9114-7 (\$140.00). This book is updated annually and describes approximately 4,000 sources of educational funding for students in the US and Canada. Kirby, Fund Your Way through College: Uncovering 1,700 Great Opportunities in Undergraduate Financial Aid, 1st edition, 1993. ISBN 0-8103-9396-4 (\$45.00). For more information call 1-800-877-GALE or 1-313-961-2242. To place an order, call 1-800-865-5840, fax 1-606-647-5013, write to Thomson Publishing, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042, or send email to americas-info@list.thomson.com.

Hillel/FACETS
Hillel/FACETS has published a guide to scholarships, fellowships, internships, and contests for Jewish students. The Hillel/FACETS '96 National Guide to Scholarships, Fellowships and Financial Support for Jewish Students is on sale during the month of May. The price is $10.50 a copy, or two for $18.00 (includes postage). The normal price is $18.00 a copy (includes postage). The book is updated every other year. To order, call 1-213-259-2959 with your Visa/MC, or send a check to Hillel/FACETS, 1600 Campus Road, Box F-10, Los Angeles, CA 90041. If you have any questions about this publication, call 1-213-259-2959 or send email to hillel@bengal.oxy.edu and ask to speak with Caty Konigsberg.

Hudson Financial Press
Hudson Financial Press publishes the 137-page book College Financial Aid: How to Get Your Fair Share by Peter Laurenzo, CFP for $10.95 plus $2.50 shipping and handling. In its third edition, this book discusses college financial planning and maximizing eligibility for aid, with an overview of federal financial aid. To order a copy, call 1-518-435-9042, fax 1-518-435-9044, write to Hudson Financial Press, 6 Executive Park Drive, Albany, NY 12203, or send email to capainc@capainc.com.

Institute of International Education (IIE)
IIE publishes two reference books, one of interest to US students and one of interest to international students: "Funding for US Study - A Guide for Foreign Nationals", Institute for International Education (IIE), 1996. This publication lists more than 600 sources of funding for international students (mostly for graduate and postdoctoral programs, but some for undergraduate students). The cost is $39.95 plus $16 shipping to other countries ($4 shipping in the US). "Financial Resources for International Study: A Guide for US Nationals",Institute for International Education (IIE), 1996. This publication lists nearly 700 awards offered by governments, binational and international organizations and associations, foundations, US colleges and universities. The cost is $39.95 plus $4 shipping in the US. To order, send payment by Visa, Mastercard or check (US$ drawn on a US bank) to IIE Books, PO Box 371, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0371. For more information about this publication, call 1-301-617-7804 or 1-800-445-0443, fax 1-301-953-2838, or send email to iiebooks@iie.org.

Octameron Associates
This page contains an online order form for Octameron Associate's financial aid publications, as part of the Signet Bank Student Loan Home Page.

Oryx Press
Oryx Press publishes two annual directories, Directory of Research Grants and Directory of Grants in the Humanities, and also published Funding for Law: Legal Education, Research and Study. This Web server is the main web server for Oryx Press, and can be used to browse Oryx's catalogs and to place orders. A web page for their grants-related publications is under construction. For more information, send email to info@oryxpress.com, write to Oryx Press, 4041 N. Central, Suite 700, Phoenix, AZ 85012-3397, call 1-800-279-ORYX (1-800-279-6799) or 1-602-265-2651, or fax 1-800-279-4663.

In addition, the Peterson's Education Center has a Financing Education section that includes a list of frequently asked questions about the financial aid process and a calendar of admissions and financial aid milestones.

Prentice Hall Direct
This web page lets you order any of more than 400 books published by Prentice Hall, including the "Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science Students" by Mark Kantrowitz and Joann P. DiGennaro and "The Scholarship Book" by Daniel J. Cassidy.

Daniel Cassidy's "The Scholarship Book"
This web page contains an online advertisement for the 5th edition of The Scholarship Book by Daniel J. Cassidy. This book, which is published by Prentice Hall, has sold more than 650,000 copies. The web page offers the book for a free trial period of 30 days; if you like the book, the cost is $32.95 plus shipping and handling. This price is for the hardcover version of the book. The web page does not provide information about the paperback version, but it is also available, for $21.95 plus shipping and handling. The web page also includes a tuition calculator, some form letters, and a college planning calendar. To place an order, call 1-800-643-5506 or 1-800-947-7700. For more information, call 1-201-592-2792, fax 1-201-592-2489, or write to Prentice Hall, 113 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.

Reference Service
Press Reference Service Press publishes books, booklets,
and software about financial aid, scholarships, fellowships, loans,
grants, awards, internships, and other types of funding
opportunities. Reference Service Press is owned and operated by Gail
Schlachter. The books include (add $4.50 shipping per book):

Gail A. Schlachter and R. David Weber, High School Senior's Guide
to Merit and Other No-Need Funding, 1996-1998, 1996. ISBN
0-918276-29-2 hardcover ($25.95). 340 pages. Includes information on
more than 1,000 non-need-based funding programs.

Funding for Students with Visual Impairments, 1996. Available in a
large print edition (ISBN 0-918276-50-0) for $25 or on Macintosh or PC
disks (ISBN 0-918276-51-9) for $50. The large print edition lists more
than 175 funding opportunities, and the disk lists an additional 300.

Gail A. Schlachter and R. David Weber, Money for Graduate Students
in the Social Sciences, 1996-1998, 1996. ISBN 0-918276-33-0 hardcover
($40.00). 330 pages.

The booklets include Alternatives to Financial Aid, Applying for Financial Aid, College Countdown, Comparring College Costs, The Core Financial Aid Library, Earn College Credits Without Ever Going to Campus, Fabulous Freebies, Getting Your Share of Federal Aid, Scholarship Search Strategies, Speaking the Language: Your Financial Aid Dictionary, and Tuition Bargains. The cost is $4.50 per report, including shipping, except for the Core Financial Aid Library and Speaking the Language booklets, which cost $5.50 each, including shipping.

In addition to publishing books, Reference Service Press operates RSP Funding Focus on America Online. RSP Funding Focus includes an online database of more than 8,000 funding opportunities. Reference Service Press will also be publishing CD-ROMs of funding opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students through an arrangement with SilverPlatter Information Inc. (1-800-343-0064). The Reference Service Press web site includes RSP Funding Update, a free online newsletter.

For more information, send email to webagent@rspfunding.com or rspstaff@aol.com. To order any of Reference Service Press's publications, call 1-415-594-0743, fax 1-415-594-0411, or write to Reference Service Press, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9, San Carlos, CA 94070-4131.

Sourcebooks - The Complete Scholarship Book
Sourcebooks, Inc. publishes a 604-page book entitled The Complete
Scholarship Book (ISBN 1-57071-127-5). This book definitely lives up
to its title. With 5,047 listings, it has more than twice as many
listings as any other scholarship book. Half of the awards, however,
are college-specific. Even so, with more than 2,400 portable awards,
this book is one of the largest. It includes listings for many unusual
scholarships not found in other books, such as the National Pork
Fellowship or the American Welding Society Scholarship. The book also
includes a set of 52 good tips for finding financial aid. The book is
based on the FastWeb scholarship database compiled by FastWeb LLC.

The only problem with this book is in the way the awards are organized. Although the book includes a set of subject indexes and uses a clever set of graphical icons to help students visually identify scholarships that match their background, it badly needs a sponsor index. The awards are listed alphabetically by program title, making it hard to find specific award programs. For example, the Hertz Foundation Fellowship is listed under F for "Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship", the Automotive Hall of Fame Scholarship is listed under "Scholarship Program", and the National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship is listed under "Graduate Fellowships for Women and Minorities in the Physical Sciences".

The cost of the book is $22.95. To place an order, call 1-800-43-BRIGHT or 1-708-961-3900, fax 1-708-961-2168, or write to Sourcebooks, Inc., PO Box 372, Naperville, IL 60566.